---
name: talk-to-claude
description: Talk to Claude asynchronously about a specific task by asking it to write its response into a file, then wait for that file to appear.
---

## Start Claude Conversation

Choose a target file under `./tmp`, then tell Claude to write its output there.

Use an absolute path derived from `./tmp` in the prompt so Claude has an exact output location.

Authoritative launch command:

```bash
PWD_NOW="$(pwd)"
TARGET_FILE="${PWD_NOW}/tmp/<conversation-file-name>.md"
CLAUDE_SESSION_ID="$(uuidgen | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" \
  bash .cursor/skills/talk-to-claude/scripts/claude_resume_to_desktop.sh "$(cat <<PROMPT
${TOPIC_NAME}
Write the output into ${TARGET_FILE}
PROMPT
)"
```

- Replace `<conversation-file-name>.md` with a concrete file name for the active topic.
- If the target file already exists, use a new filename with the same prefix and an incremented suffix.
- Run the script with `bash`. Direct execution of some local script paths can be killed by the terminal host on macOS.

## Wait For Output File

Use the wait command below to block until Claude writes the target file:

```bash
PWD_NOW="$(pwd)"
uv run --project /Users/yaseralnajjar/work/talk-to-claude \
  python /Users/yaseralnajjar/work/talk-to-claude/wait_for_review.py "${PWD_NOW}/tmp/<conversation-file-name>.md" \
  --timeout-seconds 2400 \
  --poll-seconds 10
```

- Max wait: 40 minutes.
- If the file is still unavailable at timeout, stop and report blocker state.

## Debugging

If Claude does not produce the file, inspect the per-session log:

```bash
PWD_NOW="$(pwd)"
sed -n '1,200p' "${PWD_NOW}/tmp/claude-resume-to-desktop-<session-id>.log"
```